Day: November 26, 2017

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Insights into Editorial: The numbers game — On India’s victory at the ICJ

Insights into Editorial: The numbers game — On India’s victory at the ICJ Context: The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial body having trans-national jurisdiction, is in the process of filling a clutch of vacancies, with the terms of five serving judges coming to an end. Dalveer Bhandari, an incumbent who represented India …

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Insights into Editorial: Pill talk — On antibiotic resistance

Insights into Editorial: Pill talk — On antibiotic resistance Context: Around the time the UN Climate Change Conference drew to a close in Bonn last week, so did the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, a World Health Organisation campaign to focus attention on antibiotic resistance. The global threats of climate change and antibiotic resistance have much …

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All India Radio News Summary: 24 November 2017

All India Radio News Summary: 24 November 2017 Centre promulgates Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance to encourage bamboo cultivation in non-forest areas. The Cabinet had approved the promulgation of the Ordinance in this regard. The ordinance exempts bamboo grown in non-forest areas from the definition of tree, thereby dispensing with the requirement of felling and transit …

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